Ontario passes bill to end winter hydro disconnections

The Ontario government has unanimously passed legislation giving the Ontario Energy Board the power to end winter disconnections.

The move comes after a heated return to the legislature Tuesday that saw MPPs on both sides make accusations of political game-playing with an issue that’s ultimately about protecting vulnerable people in Ontario.

In 2015 there were 60,000 hydro disconnections.

“The Protecting Vulnerable Energy Consumers Act, 2017 is a law that everyone can get behind, designed specifically to protect Ontarians, because no one should ever be put at risk of disconnection in the winter,” said Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault in a statement